Tag: plymouth rock chickens

We got an awesome email today from one of our customers of a picture with her Barred Plymouth Rock sitting on her shoulder. We told her the Barred Rocks were friendly, and this little one really lived up to her description! She said: “Who needs a parrot when you have a Barred Rock?”

Barred Rocks are part of the Plymouth Rock breed – Barred is the color variety aptly named from the black and white bars running through each feather. They are excellent egg layers, excellent foragers, and clearly they make excellent friends! They are by far our favorite of all chickens. Some say they’re noisy, but they really are just very interactive and like to talk to anyone who will listen. They certainly have a lot to talk about as they’re insatiably curious and love to explore their surroundings and help with gardening chores.

These girls lay a big, beautiful brown egg almost daily and will even lay through a good portion of winter during their prime and you can expect around 240 of them each year. Crossing a Barred Rock hen with a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire Red rooster will produce a Black Sexlink which is bred specifically for laying and dons a similar curious and interactive personality.